Although at this stage it is not yet possible to establish an assessment of the number of injuries and deaths following the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte. According to the departmental operational center, at least eleven deaths were recorded by the CHM. All precarious housing was devastated.
The departmental operational center announces that at least eleven deaths have been recorded at the CHM. Despite the material damage suffered by the Mayotte hospital center, nine patients in absolute emergency and 246 in relative emergency were identified. “All precarious housing is destroyed on the island, there is nothing left standing“, announces the COD in its latest situation update.
According to a firefighter source, these injuries were recorded in Koungou, Mamoudzou, Petite-Terre, the most impacted sectors to their knowledge. Contact with the south of the island has still not been reestablished. The State has already clarified that it is still not possible to establish an assessment of the number of injuries and deaths.
The question remains: where have the many slum dwellers in Mayotte gone? The emergency accommodation centers set up by the municipalities made it possible to accommodate several thousand residents, but no gatherings on public roads have been observed since. While the electricity supply is still cut off in the vast majority of the island and the telephone network is patchy, many are still without news of their loved ones.
From a material point of view:the port of Longoni has intact infrastructure. The airport no longer has markings or a control tower, but it is operational for military flights“, explains the departmental operational center. For water supply, “factories are not working“, an inventory must be carried out this Sunday. “The high voltage line has been restarted so it will be possible to resupply Mamoudzou and Longoni with electricity“, announced the COD last night.
The traffic routes have been seriously affected, one barge is out of service, four others are awaiting assessment. The workshops were also destroyed, the 47 sailors from the maritime transport department were deprived of a workplace. There then remains the question of the delivery from Petite-Terre to Grande-Terre of personnel and equipment sent from France and Reunion to deal with this crisis.
“There will be reinforcements in crisis management, reinforcements in water production, reinforcements in route clearance and reinforcements in advanced medical posts. 177 FORMISC arrive late Sunday afternoon“, lists the departmental operational center.”The military ship Floréal arrives tomorrow with the helicopter on board.“The Total stations will be requisitioned,” announced the Departmental Operational Center.
The prefect of Mayotte, François-Xavier Bieuville, should take stock of the situation this Sunday. He will be on the Mayotte plateau first in the 7 p.m. news.
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